Comment: In light of the 'Covid-19 pandemic', we're re-running this report in which the Russian govt raised the alarm over possible schemes afoot to implement bio-hacking via viral means. To be clear, the suggestions made by the Russian govt several years ago are 'apples' compared with the 'oranges' we're facing in the current scenario. So while there is no clear or direct connection, the point to be made is that messing with viruses and bacteria for 'geo-political and social engineering purposes' is very much a thing among the powerful...

Russian genetic material is being harvested all over the country, purposefully and professionally, President Vladimir Putin has said, possibly hinting at the US Air Force's earlier move to acquire Russian tissue samples.

Putin was presiding over a meeting of Russia's Human Rights Council Monday, when he was informed of live broadcasts from polling stations during the recent regional elections being inundated with foreign viewers.

Council member Igor Borisov said the statistics showed that nearly a million views came from abroad. He hinted at a sinister motive behind those viewings.

"The question is, why so many interested people are watching our elections and, in fact, recording the images of people, and how those images will be used further," queried Borisov, who is also the chairman of the Russian Public Institute of Electoral Rights.

While his skepticism might be enough to set some conspiracy theorists on edge, Putin followed up with comments that will perhaps push them over. Putin told the council:

"Images are one thing, but do you know that biological material is being collected all over the country, from different ethnic groups and people living in different geographical regions of the Russian Federation? The question is - why is it being done? It's being done purposefully and professionally. We are a kind of object of great interest"

The Russian president did not specify who was behind the shady dealings in Russians' biological samples.

While the Russian president's claims may sound like the stuff from X-Files, it's actually grounded in fact.

In July, the US Air Force Air Education and Training Command issued a tender on FedBizOpps, a US government website, seeking to acquire samples of ribonucleic acid (RNA) and synovial fluid from Russians. All samples "shall be collected from Russia and must be Caucasian," the tender said.

The listing specified that the samples - 12 of RNA and 27 of synovial fluid - must be provided by Russian donors of Caucasian origin. It also wants information on the donor's sex, age, ethnicity, weight, height and medical history. Notably, the Air Force said, it would not consider tissue samples from Ukraine.

While such samples might be needed for purely medical research purposes, wanting only Russian tissue samples specifically, is what sent speculations into overdrive.

Is the Pentagon working on a biological weapon to target Russians? Perhaps unlikely speculated Franz Klintsevich, the first deputy chairman of the Federation Council's Committee for Defense and Security, but adding that it's a scenario that cannot be totally ignored.

"I'm not saying that it is about preparing a biological war against Russia. But its scenarios, are, no doubt, being worked on. That is to say, in case the need arises," Klintsevich wrote on Facebook, referring to Putin's revelations.

He went on to note that he believes the Russian President's pronouncement of the practice was for good reason, claiming that although such practices has been well-known, it has taken on a "shameless" scale recently.

"The President's warning is very timely. Relevant agencies in the West should know that we are aware of their interest," he said.

Putin himself, however, reassured the Human Rights Council there's nothing to be afraid of.

"Let them do what they want, and we must do what we must," he stated emphatically.

Comment: The US Air Force has responded to the reports by saying that the biological samples have been collected for "research". The use of Russians for the research was also explained by Air Force spokesman Capt. Beau Downey:

The request [by the research center] did not specify where the samples should be received from, but to continue the study, similar samples were required. Since the supplier originally provided samples from Russia, suitable for the initial group of diseases, the control group of the samples should also be of Russian origin," he said. "The goal is the integrity of the study, not the origin [of the samples]."

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday that Russian intelligence is aware that foreign NGOs are collecting genetic information from the population:

"Some emissaries are really carrying out such activities, representatives of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and other bodies. Such cases were registered, and security services, the president naturally have this information," he said.

If the Kremlin and Putin are openly talking about this, you can be sure that Russian security services are going to be paying very close attention to the activities of NGOs in Russia. It's worth pointing out that the CIA is well-known for farming out clandestine activities to various US-government funded NGOs who are really just fronts for Deep State activities. Whatever is going on, it does not seem to be as benign as the Air Force says it is.

It seems to me Putin is playing on the offensive now. After so much patience for years. He sees now that War is inevitable. There is need to feed the masses information about how the US Military does weird things. Some of them could be dangerous. So when bad things happen, at least someone can point out, that Putin warned us!